Chiu Chow Fried Rice

The peasant Chiu Chow cooking of southern China that is so popular in Hong Kong is characterized by the use of shrimp paste. It is not difficult to see why shrimp paste is so widely used by the Chiu Chow people, as they are seafaring people from the Shantou port district of the Guangdong province. Their cuisine has been influenced by that of the Fujianese people in the adjacent province. Seafood in many forms is evidence of these coastal people’s seafaring tradition. Their food is bold and